girls:
505 births since 1971
#5211 (9th percentile)
boys:
26 births since 1992
#4560 (1st percentile)
overall:
531 births since 1971
#7208 (7th percentile)
The name Ngozi is the #7,208 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 531 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 6.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,211 (8.8% percentile) for all time with 505 births since 1971. For boys, it ranks #4,560 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 26 births since 1992.
Ngozi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for girls and 1992 for boys). Birth data for Ngozi is available in 51 out of the 53 years between 1971 and 2023 (51 years for girls and 5 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ngozi has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 95.1% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Ngozi reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #848) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ngozi ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 38.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Ngozi reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #813) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2017.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ngozi".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ngozi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 69.4% confident that Ngozi is pronounced as NGOH-zee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EHN-goh-zee, at 22.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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